Posted on 09/22/2019 8:21:10 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
President Jed Bartlet, you were just too good for us.
It has long been known that liberals hold the television show The West Wing in a high esteem that feeds into their fantasies, especially in times where cold reality has not exactly gone as they (and creator Aaron Sorkin) would have hoped. And this fantasy will only be intensified since this is the twentieth anniversary of the show's premiere. Another reason for liberals to fantasize ever more deeply in the parallel liberal world of The West Wing is obviously due to the the one they consider to be the intruder in the real world West Wing, President Donald Trump.
The September 20 Vanity Fair article by Sonya Saraiya, "How The West Wing Briefly Made Democrats Into TV Winners," reveals how liberals continue looking upon that show as a source of solace over the years and especially now in the midst of the Trumpocalypse.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
Me either.
I loved watching West Wing. Fantasy for sure, but I only watched because of Rob Lowe. When he left, so did I.
It was actually a good show. Not at “Friends” stature of course but good.
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